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Trip to Hongkong ♥ Hongkong International Airport ♥

Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 2 ♥ Night time ♥

Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 1 ♥ Daytime ♥

Trip to Hongkong ♥ Hongkong Haul ♥

2011-10-04T10:09:00.033-04:00

Mostly are pasalubongs and clothes, shirts are not yet included in this post.

Power Rangers Band aid for my sons and Hello Kitty band aid for me.
Hello Kitty Nail Cutter, Hello Kitty Apple Gommage Face Wash, Hello Kitty Collagen Wash, Hello Kitty Body Wash ♥

From BONJOUR ♥

Pasalubong from Hongkong Disneyland ♥

From Hongkong Disneyland ♥

Body Sprays and Flower Hair Clip from H&M

Hello Kitty and Mickey and Minnie Mouse Clothespin ♥

Hello Kitty Eyelash Curler ♥

Elijah's Pasalubong. ♥

Pasalubong for my Mother in Law. ♥

Hello Kitty Shaving Kit and Shiseido Tsubaki Conditioner (THE BEST CONDITIONER, I wish I had bought more since it was on SALE and it really made my hair soft and shiny. )

FROM SASA ♥

I did not do so much shopping in Hongkong because travelling with kids is more of you want them more to have fun and go to places where they could enjoy the trip so I really wish I could come back just to go shopping. ♥
Hongkong is shopping heaven ♥

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Trip to Hongkong ♥ Hongkong International Airport ♥

2011-10-04T09:11:00.003-04:00

Hongkong International Airport is like a Shopping Mall complete with Shopping, Dining and Entertainment. Love it!
(Sorry for the poor quality of the photos, it was taken from my IPHONE. ♥ )

KI*LA*RA is the store that offers the most complete experience for Hello Kitty fans. Decorated with Kitty merchandises and set to a refreshing backdrop, this is the must-stop shop for a wide selection of Kitty gift items, clothing, accessories and handbags.

Cute Hello Kitty Cap. It was 30% off but when I said I will come back after dinner, I was unable to come back because I was just too tired and regret for not buying it and some hello kitty stuffs that I want. ♥ THEY WERE ON SALE! $$$ I want to go back even just at the airport to go shopping.

The Magic of Hong Kong Disneyland
Exclusive Hong Kong Disneyland items of popular cartoon characters for everyone young at heart

Because I bought more pasalubong. ♥

GIORDANO
Local famous casual wear brand with first airport shop housed here, offering a range of products at very reasonable prices.

Peking Duck

Our Dinner

Playground

Trains going to the gate. ♥
Good bye Hongkong. We will definitely be back soon! TIP: Buy what you want when you go to another country and do not convert because it would be hard to buy anything and thinking that it is too expensive, you may regret for not buying what you want and may not be able to come back to that place anymore. NEXT POST: Trip to Hongkong Haul ♥

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Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 2 ♥ Night time ♥

Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 1 ♥ Daytime ♥

Trip to Hongkong ♥ Day THREE ♥

2011-10-03T09:56:00.003-04:00

Our last day in Hongkong.

Our flight is not until 9:50 PM so we still had time to stroll around Hongkong and buy souvenirs/pasalubongs.

We had breakfast at Yoshinoya

Beef Noodles for the Kids. ♥

Tobiko Salmon Flakes Rice Bowl for me. ♥

H&M is LOVE ♥

They were on SALE. ♥

This drink is sooo GOOD! TRY A1. No wonder why there is long line to buy.

Beautiful view at Harbour City

On our way to Avenue of Stars ♥

Avenue of Stars ♥

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2011-10-02T07:11:00.076-04:00

Thank God finally the rain has stopped at night and that Disneyland on weekends are open until 11PM so we still enjoyed our Trip to Disneyland.

Since its October they have Halloween Themed.

Picture with Donald Duck... Too bad we did not have the chance to take pictures with Mickey and Minnie Mouse. There was a long line just to take pictures with them.

Eating Dinner

Wearing my VANS HELLO KITTY SO COMFORTABLE since we were walking for 12 hours. ♥ My feet just hurts from being tired.

Tomorrowland or Fantasyland which way to go?

Feeling like a queen in the castle. ♥

The cute Princess and Prince in the Castle ♥

My hair was getting out of control because of the rain and humidity so I decided to buy this cute Minnie Mouse ponytail. ♥

SHOPPING AT DISNEYLAND.

They have so much shops in there that you can buy souvenirs, it makes me like to collect Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters

Ahhhhhhh..... Disneyland is scary at night.

Zombies are everywhere.

I just tried to blend in with the zombies.


We are planning to go back to Disneyland for my son Nikolas Riki's 10th Birthday on May 2012. Excited to experience Happiest Place on earth again. Hope you can come with us next time. The more, the merrier. ♥

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Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 2 ♥ Night time ♥

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Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 1 ♥ Daytime ♥

2011-10-02T01:01:00.001-04:00

We had breakfast at Mcdonald's

He was pointing that he wants the Platinum Cheesecake again. ♥

They all look so Yummy!

Yummy Breakfast! ♥

Our tickets to Disneyland

Ready to experience Hongkong Happiest Place on Earth ♥

WELCOME TO Hongkong Disneyland Resort ♥

I was smiling but deep inside I feel sad that its raining and it actually rained all day non stop!
Rain just ruined our day to Disneyland, but the good thing about Disneyland it makes you feel young at heart so we still had so much fun.

Rain Rain Go away, We want to play!

They sell Cute Hats ♥

Cute Mini Cake Designs

We ordered Mysterious Night (Tiramisu)

It was Yummy!

My kids love it!

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Trip to Hongkong Day ONE ♥

2011-10-01T09:48:00.144-04:00

We fly via Philippine Airlines, at first I hate PAL so much for the customer service they have, the cancellation of other flights and delayed because of the strike problem they are having but actually my experience flying with PAL was not so bad, we were delayed for a hour but thats because of two passengers who checked in but never showed up and get in the plane so they just had to unload their baggage that took a hour for safety reasons.

TIME TO FLY ♥ delayed left Manila at 9:50AM ♥

Bye Manila ♥

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES SERVED US BREAKFAST. ♥

PAL FLIGHT PR300 BREAKFAST SERVED: CHICKEN ADOBO WITH RICE ♥

HEALTHY (DIET?) DESSERT: SKYFLAKES AND FRUIT BOWL
As we arrived in Hongkong at about 11am with the flight duration of 1 hour and 45 minutes from Manila, we looked for a transportation to our Hotel or is actually a Hostel. (see reviews of our hostel)

Checking on the BUS INFORMATION

A21 is the bus to Tsim Sha Tsui going to Mirador Mansion. *NOTE: The landmark is the Kowloon Mosque.
TIP: Have exact change if you decided to ride the bus or get the useful Octopus card (The Octopus card is a rechargeable contactless stored value smart card used to transfer electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong, you can use this almost everywhere to pay for your purchases, esp. needed to ride the bus.)
*Airport has some maps and information brochure you need, its FREE. Grab some!.
*Print the address in there language because a lot of them cannot read or understand english.

The bus has FREE WIFI Connection so you can check your email, update FB status... etc..

After checking in to USA HOSTEL we ate at Mcdonald's just two streets from Mirador Mansion.

My kids eating at Mcdonald's and yes! They have McCafe and the Platinum Cheesecake Ethan ordered was really yummy!

At Nathan Road is the place where we stayed in Hongkong, just across the street to the subway. Mirador Mansion is very close to the subway.

I was happy to Sasa everywhere, I heard a lot of good reviews about the product they are selling here. My haul post SOON!

I cannot control myself from converting HKG to PHP.

Hands together ♥ CUTE!

Hongkong was crowded because its the China holiday, this is not the perfect month to go.

CHOCOOLATE is not a Chocolate Store but a Apparel Store.

THE GATEWAY! ♥ The Gateway (Chinese: 港威大廈), part of Harbour City, is the office buildings with shopping arcade at lower level in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Can you see the lines trying to get inside Louis Vuitton? Wow! I wish someday I will be one of those in line trying to get my own Louis Vuitton.
("excuse my haggard look, I was really tired! and no time to fix myself and TIP: Do not wear a mini dress or mini skirt if you do not want to be like Marilyn Monroe because its very windy")

I also LOVE CHANEL but did not even tried to go inside.

Luxury Boutique in the street of Harbour City. ♥

Dream place to stay. ♥

Window shopping. ♥ so much Hello Kitty tops

We were looking for Toys R Us and finally we found it at the ground floor. They were so excited to get inside.

Scary! ?
Then after going around Harbour City we went back to USA Hostel to meet my relatives and we just rest for an hour and went out again to have dinner at Pizza Hut for Miah's 18th Birthday celebration.

Spaghetti for Dinner.

Pizza for Dinner, We travel with kids so exploring Hongkong food was not part of trip.

I love the busy streets of Hongkong this was at 10PM and how they obey stop signs and crossing the streets. You cannot find it here in Manila that's why traffic is a big problem for us but in Hongkong they are so crowded but yet traffic was not a problem.

I really want this Hello Kitty Luggage but it is just going to be one of my wishlist that someday I wish to own.
It costs HKG980

PEACE HONGKONG!
Hongkong has changed a lot since the last time I went here, People was not rude to us and my son Ethan who has a mohawk hair was like a celebrity to them, everyone was pointing at his hairstyle and taking pictures of him, I guess if you have children with you they are more helpful and mostly chinese speaks english now and they have information every streets so getting lost will not happened. We were supposed to go to Mongkok Night Market but we did not have enough time and energy to do it anymore and we need to prepare and rest as tomorrow we are going to Disneyland, I really wish that rain will not ruined our day tomorrow. ♥

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Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 2 ♥ Night time ♥

Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 1 ♥ Daytime ♥

USA HOSTEL HONG KONG REVIEW ♥

2011-10-01T02:07:00.140-04:00

USA Hostel in located at Flat F1, Floor 13, Mirador Mansion, 62 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.

HOTEL DESCRIPTION: Situated in the center of Hong Kong, this hotel is an excellent hub to the main business, shopping and entertainment area of Kowloon. USA Hostel has the perfect combination of attentive care and modern convenience. Located in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui and atop of Seibu Department Store, guests are just few steps away from major shopping malls and the magnificent Victoria Harbor. The Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station is within walking range of the Hotel allowing easy access to more attractions such as the Disney World Hong Kong. Room accommodations are well adjusted to satisfy all any group of travelers. Each room is designed with casual comfy looks and warm light setting. USA Hostel provides a central location on a budget.

This is where we stayed in Hongkong for 3 days and 2 nights. ♥

REASON FOR STAYING: The only reason is my aunt chose to stay here in USA Hostel so without reading reviews and doing research I just decided to also booked into this hotel, so we will just stay in the same hotel since we are just meeting them there because our flight is different, but then after I booked here and paid with my Mommy's credit card and find out that this hostel has bad reviews and the building looks really old and cheap, well it is cheap compared to other hotel in Hong Kong and I thought it will be fine since we are going to be outside while in Hongkong anyway and we only need the room to sleep in it and take a shower but rest will just do it when we get back to Manila because with the short duration of our trip, I want to make the most out of it, exploring Hong Kong and even that it was under my Mommy's expense I want to get the cheapest accommodation so she will not spend too much for this vacation birthday gift for me.
The room was small but it is clean, too bad I cannot smell anything because of my nasal polyp so I cannot comment about the smell if its bad. I like that it has free wifi so I can update my family back in Manila via facebook.

ACTUAL PHOTOS TAKEN BY ME ♥

This is the entrance to the reception area of USA Hostel ♥ 13TH FLOOR. ♥

THE ELEVATOR FROM THE 13TH FLOOR.
This is the Cargo Lift, I suggest you go to this elevator because it is not too crowded but there is a passenger lift in the front on your right side after you go in the entrance. Left one is for even number floors and Right one is for odd number floors.
(Yes! You will see lots of clothes, bedsheets, towels...etc hanging everywhere, and if you look closely you will see the garbage by the elevator door, yes also garbage mostly everywhere.)

EXPECT: Which will take you about 5-20 minutes just to get to the elevator and make it to the floor you need to go.

There is a door entrance going to the rooms before you get inside your room door, you need a key just to get inside and another key for your room. There are about ten rooms on this floor, They also provide free distilled water (This is the 8th floor where the staff took us.)
nonetheless, I felt safe and secure.

The air-conditioned in our room was okay, it still gets cold eventhough its old already.

The room door and bathroom door.
the bathroom door has no locked and its hard to open.

The Television, I do not mind at all since we cannot watch anything because shows are in chinese.

The bed was not that comfortable maybe because I like my bed soft and this is a hard bed. The bedsheets, pillowcase, blankets are clean. The towels are clean too but they have holes, anyway I brought my own towel as I was expecting it to be dirty but they are not dirty and no stains on our towel.

The shower and water has a really good flow. They do have hot water from 07:00-13:00 then they will turn it off and turn it on again at 19:00-01:00. .

The bathrooms are clean for me, but yes! its small.

The view from the room. The location is what I love most about Mirador Mansion.
(taken at 11PM. I miss the busy streets of Hongkong already) sigh*

EXPECT: *SMALL ROOMS
                  *DIRTY SURROUNDINGS OUTSIDE
                  *BE PATIENT WITH THE ELEVATOR
                  *SCARY LOOKING PEOPLE (but they are harmless so just like the saying
                                               "DO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER"
                  *YOU CAN COMPLAIN, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE YOUR ROOM BECAUSE THEY WILL TRY THERE BEST TO GIVE YOU WHAT THEY WANT.

I would recommend USA Hostel if you in a tight budget and wants great location and want to spend the money on shopping or other things more than hotel accomodation.
I GIVE 3 OUT OF 5 HUGGING STARSjust because the location is great and the price for only PHP3,000 (USD65 HKG500) per night, you really just get what you paid for. ♥
I suggest you book thru agoda.com. For 2 nights with 1 adult and 2 child we only spent 7K in pesos.

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Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 2 ♥ Night time ♥

Trip to Hongkong Day TWO ♥ Disneyland PART 1 ♥ Daytime ♥